The event will take place on Saturday in Washington, New York and hundreds of other places.

In the city, participants assemble at 11 a.m. at 71st Street and Columbus Avenue. The rally starts at 11:30 a.m., and the march steps off at 1 p.m., filing down Central Park West, wrapping around Columbus Circle and then proceeding down Sixth Avenue toward Bryant Park.

Last year’s rally in Washington drew a crowd three times the size of the audience at President Trump’s inauguration, according to crowd counting experts, and in New York, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators converged on Fifth Avenue.

As of this morning, more than 85,000 people had registered to march. (Registering online is not required, but the numbers are used by officials for planning purposes.)

We checked in with local organizers to understand the focus of this year’s march.

“The message this year is marching to action: March, register, vote. You’re marching, making sure you’re registered to vote, and getting to the polls.”

We asked for participants in New York and beyond to tell us what they were marching for.

Sarah Steinhardt, an organizer from the Women’s March Alliance, said she was marching in New York City because there has not been enough change in the past year. When asked how she defines “change,” she told us: “Seeing our elected officials advocating for laws that protect women and empower women.”

Stephanie Bazirjian, 62, a New York City resident, is marching here “for the DACA people, for minorities, for hard-working immigrants, for women.”

Ayesha Hamilton, 45, a New Jersey resident who plans to March in Morristown, said, “I march because the women’s movement needs momentum and energy, because our daughters and their daughters should not have to worry about equal pay or assault in the workplace.”

Here’s what else is happening:

Weather

Hello, weekend.

You look great.

We’ll be graced with sunshine and blue skies for the next few days. Today will be chilly, but temperatures should climb to the 50s on Saturday with highs in the 40s on Sunday.

In the News

• Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s major proposal to charge drivers in Manhattan’s busiest parts would make New York City the first in the U.S. with a pay-to-drive plan. [New York Times]

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Midtown traffic now crawls at an average of 4.7 miles per hour.CreditJeenah Moon for The New York Times

• New York City has committed $1 billion to protect the city’s water system, which moves over a billion gallons a day, nearly all of it unfiltered. [New York Times]

• Amazon has shrunk the list of cities that could potentially be the second home of the retail giant, which still includes both Newark and New York City. [New York Times]

• On his first night out as a private citizen, the former governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, decided to catch the popular Broadway show by his idol and fellow New Jerseyan, Bruce Springsteen. [New York Times]

• Governor Cuomo laid out multiple options in a 37-page report of how to thwart the president’s new federal tax plan, which is proving to be a complicated task. [New York Times]

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Lawmakers in Albany have at least a half-dozen options to consider.CreditNathaniel Brooks for The New York Times

• A data breach at a company that develops New York State’s math exams for third through eighth grades allowed an unauthorized user to gain access to information of about 52 students. [New York Times]

• A city official has sued the city, claiming that her demotion was motivated by discrimination, after a subordinate was given a “reward” for allegedly protecting Mayor Bill de Blasio when he was under investigation. [New York Times]

• The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey revealed the steps it had first taken to prevent a recurrence of the chaos at Kennedy Airport following a winter storm. [New York Times]

• After a 12-year legal battle, a Connecticut court decided that the state was in fact fulfilling its constitutional obligation to its public school students. [New York Times]

• An assistant to an executive at Goldman Sachs has stolen and sold over 100 bottles of his boss’s rare wine, according to a federal indictment. [New York Times]

• After cases of heating outages and other weather-related issues at public housing developments, Mayor de Blasio said he would commit $13 million to improve the New York City Housing Authority’s response to crisis. [New York Post]

• Officials in Brooklyn are backing a bill that would take guns away from people who are found by the court to be likely of harming themselves or others. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]

• Andre Twendele survived a firing squad and years in refugee camp. He won a visa and left his wife in the camp to prepare for her arrival in America. Then Trump was elected. [New York Times and WNYC]

• Children can rock out to the music of the Grateful Dead during a family-friendly concert at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg. 11:30 a.m. [$12]

• The pianist Seymour Bernstein plays Schubert, Schumann and others in “Reintroducing Seymour,” a concert with members of the Musica Viva NY chamber choir, at All Souls Church on the Upper East Side. 2 p.m. [Free]

• The New York Jewish Film Festival, hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Jewish Museum, continues at Walter Reade Theater on the Upper West Side through Tuesday. Times vary. [$15]

Readers shared with us what their signs will say this time around. A sample:

“Economic, Racial and Gender Justice for ALL.”

— Carole J. Wacey, 51, Queens

“Healthcare is a moral obligation of good government.”

— George Bohmfalk, 70, Charlotte, N.C.

“SHE WON 65,844,610, 62,979,636,” a reference to the popular vote.

— Eileen Keenan, 70, Brooklyn

You can see more Women’s March artifacts and explore themes that have emerged from the many rallies across the country, at “Collecting the Women’s Marches,” an exhibition opening Saturday at the New-York Historical Society on the Upper West Side.

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